Category: Textbooks

The Philosophy and Science of Predictive Processing, (PDF)  explores how predictive processing, which debates that our brains are continuously generating and updating hypotheses about our external conditions, sheds new light on the nature of the mind. It demonstrates how it is similar to and expands other theoretical approaches that focus

Incorporates globalization and culture change in each chapter. Bonvillain’s Cultural Anthropology, 3rd Edition, (ePub/PDF) introduces students to the conceptions and methods that anthropologists bring to the study of cross-cultural diversity. Nancy Bonvillain brings the learning of cultural anthropology to life by motivating students to see what is going on in

Heat Transfer Principles and Applications (PDF) is a welcome change from more encyclopedic volumes exploring heat transfer. This shorter textbook fully explains the fundamentals of heat transfer, including heat convection, radiation, heat conduction, and heat exchangers. The fundamentals are then applied to a variety of engineering examples, including topics of

Readers find a managerially-focused overview of information security with a thorough treatment of how to most effectively administer it with Management Of Information Security, 6th edition (PDF). Information throughout assists students become information security management practitioners able to secure systems and networks in a world where persistently emerging threats, ever-present attacks,

Now in Exploring Medical Anthropology, 4th Edition, (PDF) provides a brief and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It offers competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, emphasizing points of conflict and convergence. The author’s personal research experiences and concrete examples are used to describe some of the discipline’s most important